
DEBATE REALITY CHECK: PALIN WRONG ON DARFUR DIVESTMENT
October 02, 2008

Source: CNN
CNN uncovers another McCain camp twisting of the truth.
The Verdict: Misleading. Obama and McCain made similar comments expressing qualified support for the bailout prior to the House vote.

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A McCain-Palin ad claims the Obama-Biden ticket opposes clean coal. Not true

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McCain talked a lot about reform Friday night and the need for elected officials to show backbone and accountability. To back that up he repeated a story about Ike writing out a resignation letter the night before the invasion of Normandy.

Source: McClatchey Newspapers
On facts, and on the common knowledge among true expert foreign policy advisors, McCain failed his foreign policy debate. He made too many factual errors to list here, so read them and hold the media accountable for pointing them out!

Source: Jackson Free Press
One of the surprises in Friday night's debate was Sen. John McCain blatant gaffe about Pakistan being a "failed state"—ironically in a moment when he was trying to show that Obama is the "naive" one. From McClatchy News:

Source: The New York Times
In all, Mr. Obama has released at least five commercials that have been criticized as misleading or untruthful against Mr. McCain's positions in the past two weeks. Mr.

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A new McCain-Palin ad says that "McCain and his congressional allies led" on the financial crisis while Obama was "mum." That's simply not true:

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A anti-abortion group is running an ad featuring a woman who says she survived a failed abortion and that "if Barack Obama had his way, I wouldn't be here." She's wrong.

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In Alaska, Gov. Sarah Palin 's work on a new natural gas pipeline is as big a part of her resume as any other single issue

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This is by far the most thorough debunking I've seen to date on the myriad of lies coming from Team McCain.
Obama wants to teach sex to kindergarteners? Lie.
Palin opposed the Bridge to Nowhere? Lie.
Palin hasn't taken earmarks as Governor? Lie.

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"John McCain says that he is going to tell all those lobbyists in Washington that their days of running Washington are over, which sounds pretty good until you discover that seven of his top campaign managers and officials are -- guess what? -- former corporate lobbyists," Obama …

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A McCain-Palin campaign ad claims Obama's "one accomplishment" in the area of education was "legislation to teach 'comprehensive sex education' to kindergarteners." But the claim is simply false

Source: ABC News Blogs
ABC News' Lisa Chinn reports: During her interview with ABC News' Charlie Gibson Thursday Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin attempted to deflect a question about the fact she has never met a foreign head of state by saying that "many" other vice presidential nomine …

Establish empathy with your audienceSow suspicion of your opponents' motivationsDistance yourself from the status quoTie yourself to shared idealsInvoke patriotism, God, and apple pie.Sarah Palin made a speech last night, and for a small-town girl with a community college educati …

Source: Yahoo! News
Sarah Palin's speech at RNC yesterday night was not all truth. Though most of her rambling was about herself, her family and about demeaning Obama, this article on Yahoo clearly shows blows the cover off some of her statements.

Source: Political Animal
I thought Palin's speech was quite good: well-written, well delivered. And, as I said earlier, I think she's a genuinely engaging person, and comes across very well. There were just a couple of problems.

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In this west side location that is not far from the Pepsi Center yet out of sight from Democratic delegates and protesters walking downtown, Republicans will be crafting anti-Barack Obama messages nearly round the clock this week.

John McCain once again highlights the tenuous connection he and his campaign have with reality in their new campaign ad.

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Obama said he "worked with John McCain" on ethics legislation, when in fact their short-lived collaboration collapsed into bitter public wrangling long before any bill resulted.

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John McCain's campaign released another ad Friday that paints Barack Obama as an out-of-touch celebrity.

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In a year when John McCain is the Maverick Republican and Obama is the "Change" from typical Washington Politics, Both have mastered the art of "Doublespeak"

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Terry McAuliffe is insisting an AP report that Clinton will concede the Democratic nomination this evening are false. Clinton says she is "absolutely" not prepared to admit Obama has beaten her in the race.

Source: ABC News Blogs
Conservative journalists have been hammering the Obama camp re: the story in the Texas debate about the Army platoon with reduced forces. Jake Tapper checks out the sources and confirms that Obama had it right.

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Rudy Giuliani's latest TV ad falsely claims New York City experienced "record crime ... until Rudy." In fact, the downward trend was well established before he was sworn in.
The ad also claims New York is "America's most liberal city," but his campaign offers no evidence.